On October 31, Americans celebrate Halloween.
Halloween means “holy” (hallow) “evening” (een). This is the evening before the Christian holy day of All Saints Day. On All Saints Day, Christians remember the Saints but Halloween is even older than Christianity.
Before Christianity, people    Europe believed that on October 31, ghosts of dead people came back. To scare the ghosts, people      (dress) like devils and were very noisy. They also made big fires      keep the ghosts away. Later, people did not believe in ghosts,       they kept the day of Halloween for fun.
Immigrants came from Europe to America and     （bring） with them the custom of Halloween. Halloween has some strange symbols. One symbol is the jack-o’-lantern in the window.       jack-o’-lantern is to scare the ghosts. People cut the pumpkin, throw away all of the inside, and cut a face in     . Then they put a candle inside of it.
Jack-o’-lantern usually looks      （fright）, too!
Today, in the United States, Halloween is very popular      the children. They wear masks and special costumes. They want to look like skeletons and ghosts.
Then they go from house to house and say “ Trick or treat!”. People give them     （candy）, cookies or fruit. When people give nothing, the children sometimes play tricks on them.